J Shah MD - Heart Health: A Guide to the Tests and Treatments You Really Need

J Shah is a board-certified cardiologist and a trained Epidemiologist. He was trained at Harvard Medical School and has practiced in various countries and diverse settings over the past 20 years. He is passionate about patient experience of healthcare and hopes to bring human elements back to medicine. When he is not seeing patients, he is writing, traveling or hiking. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.

This book, as all endeavors of an individual, is a team effort. My team included family and friends who have made me the person I have become and the doctor I yearn to be day after day.

My brother Ketan has been by my side through the thick and thin of my struggles of being a renegade doctor. He has supported me in good times and bad, in my exhilarations and frustrations, success and failures, without judging, prodding, or blaming but always encouraging and cheering. He has been instrumental in reviewing some of the drafts before the drafts, ideas before they were completed in my mind, and bearing the repetition of my thoughts about the contents of this book. He reviewed every chapter with the detail that only a brother would, despite battling several competing priorities.

My girlfriend Rebecca, who I ignored for many months while I spent time working on the book, reviewed every chapter, making suggestions in her gentle way.

My dear nephews and nieces: Nisarg for taking the lead on reviewing the book and making awesome suggestions; his enthusiasm for the hooks in the stories was encouraging; Zeel and Veeksha for encouraging me to be a better writer and reviewing the book.

Nilesh Chatterjee, who initiated me to write and helped me all along; he patiently edited my nonsensical writing and make it worth a read. Sreeram Sivaramakrisnan, editing some of my work and pointing me to other works related to this subject.

My aunt Deepika for initiating the passion of reading and encouraging me throughout the process of my book.

Lynne, who reviewed every chapter in detail and lived the emotions of the patients in every chapter. Without Lynne this book would be altogether insipid.

Lauren Whalen who made the characters and stories come alive in every chapter and made them larger than life. Lauren made me a better writer by reviewing and editing early drafts in every minor detail possible.

KiranFua who believed that I am capable of writing and have worthwhile thoughts to be put on paper to be read by others.

Dr. H. Gilbert Welch who encouraged me to start the book and gave several suggestions that became the guiding principles throughout my writing process.

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